Raw Food for Whole Wellbeing

Summer is an ideal time to enjoy crispy salads, home-grown tomatoes (if you can!) and all things raw. And having recently attended a raw food retreat, I feel a renewed sense of dedication to – and respect for – the importance of nurturing wellness and beauty from the inside out.

No matter how ‘healthy’ we purport or aspire to be, we all need gentle reminders and personal experiences to kick-start the ever-rolling ball of change – and the endless physical and spiritual benefits this can bring.

What are raw foods?

Raw foods refer to uncooked, unprocessed, organic (and often wild) foods. So much more than just fruit and vegetables, a raw food diet incorporates a delicious combination of nuts, seeds and sprouted whole grains, with non-vegans adding non-pasteurised dairy products, and non-vegetarians adding sashimi and carpaccio.

In addition to having greater nutritional value and higher natural life energy than their cooked equivalents, raw foods also contain enzymes that are known to aid digestion – many of which are degraded and even destroyed by cooking temperatures above 40°C/104°F.

Raw foods also retain a higher degree of phytonutrients, which function as antioxidants and neutralise free radicals, in turn helping to protect against cell damage that could lead to disease.

Eating raw is also a great way to align more closely with nature – savouring food as nature intended, reducing energy consumption and packaging etc – as well as embarking on an internal cleanse with nourishing morsels that help restore inner balance and bring natural healing.

Try eating at least one raw meal a day to begin with and take note of how you feel.* It takes time to break the ‘cooked’ food habits of a lifetime, but with persistence, it shouldn’t be too long before you start seeing noticeable improvements.

If you suffer from IBS or any other gastrointestinal disorder, don’t forget to take things slowly and listen to your body. While some raw foods can help ease symptoms, others may exacerbate them. As with everything done in the name of ‘health’, the only ‘right way’ is the way that works for you.

Conscious Beauty

Combining the benefits of organic skin care products on the outside with raw food on the inside can lead to outstanding results, from a feeling of a more ‘alive’ body to skin that glows with vitality.

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